Tesla Motors (TSLA) released its delivery numbers
yesterday, and while the number of cars that reached consumers during
the fourth quarter disappointed, investors haven’t seemed to mind: Tesla
shares have jumped 4.7% to $227.20. Don’t count Barclays’ Brian Johnson
and team, who reiterated their underweight rating, among the bulls.
They offer four Tesla predictions for 2017 in the guise of potential
Elon Musk tweets...MORE

Tweet 1: “Great progress so far on Model 3, but still have a number of tweaks ahead — thus will take a little longer than expected.”

Tesla is likely to announce a Model 3 delay,
given the “high risk of execution missteps, a challenged track record
on meeting timelines, cost challenges, and potential impact from an
otherwise full plate of initiatives in ’17,” Johnson wrote.

Tweet 2:“Time to derisk a capital raise.”

The analyst assumed a $1.5 billion capital raise in Q1 2017, while
noting that the company had a track record of cash burn and that the
markets may not be as accommodating as it had been previously to a
capital raise being undertaken to fund operating losses....